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Requirement of the proteasome for the trimming of signal peptide-derived epitopes presented by the nonclassical major histocompatibility complex class I molecule HLA-E.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 5 Sept 2003
Bland Felicity A, Lemberg Marius K, McMichael Andrew J, Martoglio Bruno, Braud Veronique M
Abstract excerpt
The nonclassical major histocompatibility complex class I molecule HLA-E acts as a ligand for CD94/NKG2 receptors on the surface of natural killer cells and a subset of T cells. HLA-E presents closely related nonameric peptide epitopes derived from the highly conserved signal sequences of classical major histocompatibility complex class I molecules as well as HLA-G. Their generation requires cleavage of the...
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